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2020 NRMA KENNEDY AWARDS’ NOMINEES
More than 100 individual nominees from a near-record field of entries have been chosen for all competitive categories for the 2020 NRMA Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism.
The finalists in those categories – including the $25,000 TPG Telecom Kennedy Prize for Journalist of the Year and the coveted pictorial categories - were announced tonight at a function at Royal Randwick ahead of the 2020 Kennedy Awards.
Chosen in a fiercely competitive news year, the finalists have been selected from major metropolitan newsrooms, international journalists and entrants from regional media throughout Australia.
The prestigious 2020 TPG Telecom Kennedy Prize for Journalist of the Year, the richest prize in Australian journalism, will be fought out by finalists from the Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph and 60 Minutes/The Age.
The $5000 2020 Young Journalist of the Year - supported by Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas - features finalists from A Current Affair, The Daily Mail Australia and The Sydney Morning Herald.
The Chris Watson Award for Outstanding Regional Newspaper Reporting, sponsored by AGL, will be decided between journalists from the Northern Daily Leader, Western Australia’s Mandurah Mail and the Tumut and Adelong Times and Tumbarumba Times, after a year in which regional newspaper staff throughout Australia have worked under extreme difficulties and pressures.
The newly-named Tom Krause Outstanding Foreign Correspondent Award – sponsored by the ABC and honouring the late, great journalist and senior Kennedy Awards’ judge who passed away earlier this year – attracted an impressive field of entries whittled-down to ABC/BBC, Seven Network and ABC Syria.
All finalists were chosen after weeks of close scrutiny by experienced judges and the top three in each of the print, electronic and pictorial categories revealed at tonight’s function.
Kennedy Foundation chairman and judge Rocco Fazzari said the judges were highly impressed with the calibre of entries.
“In a massive news year, the standard of submissions is exceptional in every category,” Mr Fazzari said.
“In some categories it took judges days to finally sort out finalists from big fields, some of which had near-record entries.
“From investigative journalism to news breaking, superb feature writing, incredible pictorial entries and wonderful artwork, a class field has emerged to contest the coveted Spirax trophies.”
Please note deferment of the planned August 7 2020 gala night at Royal Randwick:
Due to recent political decisions over the management of the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020 Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism will not be held on August 7th, as originally planned.
A restriction on the number of attendees at corporate events, announced in New South Wales on July 17th, would prevent the Kennedy Awards gala from accommodating its usual number of guests.
In the interests of highlighting the nominees in the 2020 awards, and maximising value for our generous sponsors, the Kennedy Foundation will extend the lead time to this year’s awards until the social distancing rules are eased.
We are aiming to stage the awards at Royal Randwick in the spring, and will confirm the gala date at the earliest opportunity (a full statement is on the Kennedy Awards website).
Les Kennedy Award for Outstanding Crime Reporting -Simon Bouda (A Current Affair); Australian Story: An Innocent Abroad (ABC); Michael Usher and team: Framed, the story of Scott Austic (7 News)
Paul Lockyer Award for Outstanding Regional Broadcast Reporting (sponsor AGL) – Prime 7 Local News - Coast Team; Jane Goldsmith (NBN News); ABC Background Briefing/Landline
Chris Watson Award for Outstanding Regional Newspaper Reporting (sponsor AGL) – Carla Hildebrandt (Mandurah Mail); Madeline Link (Northern Daily Leader); The Tumut and Adelong Times, Tumbarumba Times
Rod Allen Award for Racing Writer of the Year (sponsor Australian Turf Club) – Damien Ractliffe, Chip Le Grand (The Age); Ray Thomas (Daily Telegraph); Chris Roots (Sydney Morning Herald
Sean Flannery Award for Outstanding Radio Journalism (sponsor Hillbrick Bicycles) – Gavin Coote (ABC Audio Current Affairs); Steve Cannane and Kyle Taylor (ABC Background Briefing); Elini Psaltis (World Today ABC)
Outstanding Podcast (sponsor broadcast voice coach Sally Prosser) – Mark Whittaker: Blood Territory; Kimberley Pratt and Stephanie Coombes: First Person series (10 News First); The Eleventh (ABC Radio Programs)
Outstanding News Photo (sponsor Salty Dingo) – Sam Ruttyn (Sunday Telegraph); Nick Moir (Sydney Morning Herald); Dallas Kilponen (freelance pic for the Sydney Morning Herald)
Outstanding Portrait (sponsor Salty Dingo) – Richard Dobson (Sunday Telegraph); James Brickwood (Australian Financial Review Magazine); John Appleyard (Wentworth Courier)
Outstanding Sports Photo (sponsor Salty Dingo) – Brett Costello: Canberra Raiders (Daily Telegraph); Phil Hillyard: James Tedesco (Daily Telegraph); Micky Capparelli, freelance (Jeff Horn knockout)
Outstanding Online Video (sponsor Salty Dingo) – Let Her Speak: Nina Funnell, Lori Youmshajekian;(news.com.au) Paul Walker: CBD Stabber (7News); Tom Compagnoni: The Forgotten Sydney of AC/DC (Sydney Morning Herald)
Power of the Lens “The People’s Choice Award” (sponsor Salty Dingo) – to be announced at the gala event
Vince O’Farrell Award for Outstanding Illustration (sponsor Artline) – Christopher Downes (Mercury newspaper); Eric Lobbecke (The Australian); Cathy Wilcox (Sydney Morning Herald)
The Cliff Neville Award: Outstanding Team Player (sponsor) – to be announced at the 2020 gala event
Peter Frilingos Award for Outstanding Sports Reporting (sponsor Stonemasons and Landscapers) – Julian Linden: Chinese swimmer (Sunday Telegraph); Neil Breen: Josh Reynolds (9 News); Steve Cannane and Kyle Taylor: Bet 365 scandal (ABC)
2020 Young Journalist of the Year (sponsor Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas) – Lauren Golman (A Current Affair); Zoe Samios (Sydney Morning Herald); Joshua Hanrahan (Daily Mail Australia)
Outstanding Travel Writing (sponsor RM Asia Pacific ) – Katrina Lobley (Weekend Australian); John Borthwick (Weekend Australian); Anabel Dean (Island Life magazine)
Lifetime Achievement Award (sponsor Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph) – to be announced at the 2020 gala event
John Newfong Award for Outstanding Indigenous Affairs Reporting – Michaela Whitbourn (Sydney Morning Herald); Living Black NITV; Australian Story, Making His Mark
Gary Ticehurst Award for Outstanding TV News Camera Coverage (sponsor Nine News) – Tim Myer (7 News); Cam Wallis (7 News); Paul Walker (7 News)
Harry Potter Award for Outstanding Television News Reporting (sponsor 10 News First) – Chris O’Keefe (9News); Kieran Gilbert, Andrew Clennell (Sky News); Tegan George (10 News First)
Outstanding Television Current Affairs Reporting (sponsor A Current Affair) – Mark Willacy: The Killing Field (Four Corners); Nick McKenzie, Grace Tobin, Nick Toscano: Crown Unmasked (60 Minutes); Tara Brown, Naomi Shivaraman (60 Minutes)
Mike Willesee Award for Outstanding Nightly TV Current Affairs Reporting (sponsor Nine News) – Tracy Grimshaw (A Current Affair); Paul Farrell, Alex McDonald (7.30 ABC); Dimity Clancey, Laura Mangham: Silent Killer (A Current Affair)
Peter Ruehl Award for Outstanding Columnist – Louise Roberts (Daily Telegraph); Will Swanton (The Australian); Michael Pascoe (The New Daily)
Outstanding Finance Reporting (sponsor Castle Rock Global Capital) – Adele Ferguson (Sydney Morning Herald); Nick McKenzie, Grace Tobin, Nick Toscano (60 Minutes and Fairfax/Nine); Aaron Patrick: Westpac Compliance Series (Australian Financial Review)
Outstanding Consumer Affairs Reporting – Amy Bainbridge, Lucy Kent, Loretta Florance: Bankruptcy Hunters (7.30 ABC); Natasha Robinson (The Australian); Alison Branley (ABC)
Outstanding Online News Breaking (sponsor Google) – Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald, Tim Boyd (Australian Financial Review); Nine News bushfire coverage;(9news.com.au) Benedict Brook, Gavin Fernando ((News.com.au)
Outstanding Court Reporting (sponsor Stabilo) – Adam Cooper, Melissa Cunningham (The Age); Hagar Cohen (ABC); Michael Ruffles, Michael Evans (Sydney Morning Herald)
Outstanding Reporting on the Environment – Oliver Murray, Shannon Molloy, Stephanie Bedo (News.com.au); Peter Hannam (Sydney Morning Herald); ABC Landline and ABC Background Briefing
Rebecca Wilson Award 2020: Scoop of the Year – Chris O’Keefe (9 News); Mark Willacy: The Killing Field (Four Corners); Anna Caldwell, Richard Noone (Daily Telegraph)
Outstanding Investigative Reporting (sponsor 7News) – Family of Suspects (Seven Network); Kate McClymont, Jacqueline Maley (Sydney Morning Herald); The Killing Field (Four Corners)
Jim Oram Award: Outstanding Features Writing (sponsor Sydney Morning Herald) – Nick McKenzie (The Age); Trent Dalton (The Australian); Garry Maddox (Sydney Morning Herald)
Tom Krause Award for Outstanding Foreign Correspondent (sponsor ABC) – Adam Harvey (ABC Syria); Fiona Pepper (ABC, BBC); Ashlee Mullany (Seven Network)
Outstanding Political Reporting (sponsor Sky News) – Annelise Nielsen (Sky News); Chris O’Keefe: Ruby Princess (9News); Andrew Tillett (Australian Financial Review)
2020 TPG Telecom Kennedy Award for Australian Journalist of the Year (sponsor TPG Telecom) – Kate McClymont (Sydney Morning Herald); Nick McKenzie (60 Minutes/The Age); Sharri Markson (Daily Telegraph)
Finalist s announced in 2020 WA Media Awards
Includes
TELEVISION/AUDIO-VISUAL JOURNALISM News Story or Feature
- Gary Adshead, Nine News, “Tow Truck Cowboys And Corruption”
- Flashpoint, Seven, “Flashpoint: Height of the pandemic”
- Erin Parke and Andrew Seabourne, ABC News, “The Odd Couple”
RADIO/AUDIO JOURNALISM News Story or Feature
- Carla Hildebrandt, Mandurah Mail, “Annette Deverell investigation”
- Erin Parke, ABC News – AM program Radio National, ABC online and ABC podcast, “Outback Born Again”
- Kate Ryan, Natalie Bonjolo, Tim Clarke, Alison Fan and Emily Moulton, The West Australian’s podcast channel, Claremont: The Trial podcast, The West Australian online, Perth Now online, “Claremont: The Trial podcast”
Includes:
Major Awards
Investigative Journalism supported by MEAA
- Mark Willacy, Four Corners, “Killing Field”
Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism supported by The University of QLD
- Nancy Bates
Journalist of the Year 2020 supported by MEAA
- Tim Arvier, The Today Show and Nine News – National daytime coverage, “Live Reporting in Minneapolis” and “Minneapolis Burning”
Television/Audio Visual categories
TV News Report supported by QUT
- Tim Arvier, Nine News and The Today Show, “Minneapolis Burning”
TV Current Affairs, Feature, Documentary or Special Broadcast supported by QLD Police Union
- Mark Willacy, Four Corners, “Killing Field”
The John Bean Memorial Award for Television Camerawork supported by ABC
- Luke Dorrington, Channel Seven News, “Country QLD COVID Comeback”
ABC takes Queensland honours for investigative and online journalism
An investigation by the ABC’s Mark Willacy into alleged war crimes by elite Australian soldiers in Afghanistan has been recognised with three of Queensland’s top journalism awards.
Willacy, a Brisbane-based member of the ABC Investigations team, won the trophies for Investigative Journalism and Best TV Current Affairs for the March 2020 Four Corners “Killing Field”, which the judges described as “compelling viewing”.
“Mark Willacy has again set the benchmark for this category with an outstanding piece of investigative and agenda-setting work,” the judges said. “It ticked every judging criteria for the category: incisive, impact, public benefit.
“The story was followed by every major news outlet nationally and internationally, in what is a forerunner to undoubtedly the most significant scandal facing Australia’s defence forces in the months ahead.”
Willacy also shared the award for Radio News Current Affairs with Alexandra Blucher and Rory Callinan for their related AM report “The Village Idiot Killing”.
ABC News Digital teams comprised all three finalists in the Innovation category in what judges decribed as “a field of outstanding online content”, with Tim Leslie, Ben Spraggon, Joshua Byrd, Nathan Hoad and Cristen Tilley taking the prize for “How climate change has impacted the world since your childhood”.
Digital team ABC News Story Lab also won the Health category for its digital COVID-19 coverage.
Josh Bavas was awarded for Social Issues Reporting, Marian Faa was named New Journalist of the Year and Nibir Khan was named Most Outstanding Final Year Journalism Student for work done for ABC News Digital.
Director, News Gaven Morris congratulated all winners and finalists and said the ABC was producing some of the best journalism in its history across all platforms.
“Our journalism has never been stronger and our coverage has never been more comprehensive,” he said.
“To have this recognition from our peers and audiences for the hard work, talent and innovation of our people and teams is well deserved and very welcome.”
ABC winners and finalists at the 2020 Queensland Clarion Awards
Investigative Journalism
Winner: Mark Willacy, Four Corners, “Killing Field”
Finalist: Michael Atkin , ABC News Online and ABC 7.30, “Leaving Eden Camac to die”
TV Current Affairs, Feature, Documentary or Special Broadcast
Winner: Mark Willacy, Four Corners, “Killing Field”
Radio News Current Affairs
Winner: Mark Willacy, Alexandra Blucher and Rory Callinan, ABC AM, “The Village Idiot Killing”
Broadcast Interview
Finalist: Mark Willacy , Four Corners, “Killing Field”
Health Reporting
Winner: ABC News Story Lab, ABC News Digital, “ABC News Story Lab COVID-19 coverage”
Finalist: Elly Bradfield, Rebecca Richardson and Nathan Morris , ABC News, ABC Online and Radio National, Earshot, “Inside the Birth Suite”
Social Issues Reporting
Winner: Josh Bavas, ABC TV News and ABC News Online, “Angelo vs Bupa – A student’s fight for life”
Finalist: George Roberts and Josh Robertson , ABC TV News, ABC Radio Current Affairs, ABC Radio News and ABC News Online, “Autistic teens locked in squalor, despite reports to ‘Child Safety’”
Innovation
Winner: Tim Leslie, Ben Spraggon, Joshua Byrd, Nathan Hoad and Cristen Tilley, ABC News Digital, “How climate change has impacted the world since your childhood”
Finalist: Tim Leslie, Matt Martino, Colin Gourlay, Ben Spraggon and Cristen Tilley , ABC News Digital, “How extreme conditions drove Australia’s bushfire crisis”
Finalist: ABC News Story Lab, ABC News Digital, “Australia Talks”
The John Bean Memorial Award for Television Camerawork
Finalist: Stephen Cavenagh , ABC TV News, “Stanthorpe Fire”
Regional and Community – Broadcast Report
Finalist: Annie Guest, ABC Landline, “The fight for the right to repair”
Rural Journalism
Finalist: Nathan Morris and Elly Bradfield , ABC 7pm News, ABC Radio News, ABC News Online, “New Acland Coal vs the Oakey farmers”
Finalist: Dominique Schwartz , ABC Radio AM and ABC TV 7.30, “Rural mental health”
Most Outstanding Final Year Journalism Student – Graduating 2020
Winner: Nibir Khan, ABC News Online and JACDigital via Adobe Spark, “Coverage of the Rohingya and Muslim Communities in Queensland”
New Journalist of the Year
Winner: Marian Faa, ABC News Online and PM, “Ethical concerns over military’s COVID-19 drug trials”
Finalist: Tim Swanston , ABC News, ABC News Digital and Triple J Hack: “Body of Work”
Sports Journalism
Finalist: Brittney Kleyn , ABC News Online, ABC 7pm News, IGTV, “Issues facing Women in the AFLW”
Multicultural Reporting
Finalist: Kelly Butterworth , ABC News Online, “Community relations: Badge and Culture”
Finalist: Josh Robertson , ABC TV News and ABC AM, “Gus Kuster and the folly of Australia’s hard line”
ABC’s Russell Jackson wins Grant Hattam Award for sports journalism
Congratulations to ABC sports reporter Russell Jackson, who has been awarded the Grant Hattam Award for Excellence in Sports Journalism at the AFL Players Association Awards.
The trophy is awarded to the year’s best football journalist, as voted by all AFL players.
Jackson took this year’s prize for his powerful story on former St Kilda player Robert Muir, recounting the racial abuse and mistreatment that blighted the career of the “sublimely talented” and trailblazing Indigenous player in the 1970s.
“It’s an honour to accept this award on Robert Muir’s behalf,” Jackson said.
“Without his courage and willingness to tell his story, it wouldn’t have happened.
“To be acknowledged like this by his peers is a special feeling for Rob.”
Not exactly journalism awards - by media related.
lol. Wait till they hear about the cuts!
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In the TV categories includes
TELEVISION/VIDEO CAMERAWORK
Award Partner Australian Super
- Adam Bovino , Today and Nine News , Nine, “George Floyd Protests”
- Scott Morelli , 60 Minutes , Nine, “Permafrost”
- Aaron Smith , ABC TV and ABC iView, “Revelation”
TELEVISION/VIDEO NEWS REPORTING
Award Partner Seven
- Amelia Brace and Tim Myers , Sunrise, Seven News and The Latest , Seven Network, “Beat the Press: Journalism Under Attack”
- Alex Hart , Seven News Sydney , Seven Network “New South Wales Fires”
- Chris O’Keefe , Nine News , Nine Network, “The Ruby Princess Emails”
TELEVISION/VIDEO CURRENT AFFAIRS SHORT (LESS THAN 20 MINUTES)
Award Partner SBS
- Marc Fennell, Ninah Kopel and Joel Stillone, The Feed, SBS, “Stuffed: Inside Australia’s Biggest Museum Heist”
- Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett , 7.30 , ABC, “Alinta Exposed: Power, lies and privacy breaches”
- Dylan Welch, Suzanne Dredge and David Maguire , 7.30 , ABC, “Battlescars”
TELEVISION/VIDEO CURRENT AFFAIRS LONG (MORE THAN 20 MINUTES)
Award Partner TEN
- Nick McKenzie, Joel Tozer and Sumeyya Ilanbey , 60 Minutes , Nine, “The Faceless Man”
- Louise Milligan, Mary Fallon and Lauren Day , Four Corners , ABC, “Boys Club”
- Mark Willacy and the ABC Investigations-Four Corners Team , Four Corners , ABC, “Killing Field”
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
- Jacqueline Maley and Kate McClymont , The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age , “‘Dirty Dyson’: a harasser on the High Court”
- Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters , 60 Minutes , Nine, “Secrets of War”
- Mark Willacy and the ABC Investigations-Four Corners Team , Four Corners , ABC, “Killing Field”
The 2020 Excellence in Financial Journalism Awards were presented at the National Press Club in Canberra yesterday afternoon.
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The prestigious Alf Brown Award for the best overall media performer in 2020 went to broadcaster Gerard Whateley for his work with Fox Footy and SEN.
The AFL article includes the list of 2020 winners. News Corp (Fox Footy and Herald Sun) dominated the categories.
According to The Australian, the Kennedy Awards have been criticised for neglecting local journalists and allowing interstate entrants, leaving the nation’s busiest media hubs without a state-based awards night. Daily Telegraph editor Ben English told The Australian:
The majority of news in Australia comes out of Sydney and NSW so why wouldn’t you have a state-based media award. The Kennedy Awards are, after all, named for legendary crime reporter Les Kennedy. He was a quintessential Sydney character who spent his working life documenting crime and the city’s underworld quirks.
The 2020 event will be held at Sydney’s Royal Randwick racecourse this Friday night (November 6).
Kennedy Awards tonight
7NEWS receives two Kennedy Awards for excellence in journalism
7NEWS has been recognised with two awards for excellence in journalism at the ninth annual 2020 Kennedy Awards in Sydney on Friday night.
US Bureau Chief Ashlee Mullany , currently in Washington, D.C. covering the US Election, accepted the inaugural Tom Krause Award for Outstanding Foreign Correspondent for her exclusive feature report, Inside a COVID Warzone.
The confronting 24-hour ride along with New York paramedics as they responded to urgent call-outs during the height of the city’s COVID-19 crisis gave Australian audiences raw insight into what happens when the virus goes uncontrolled in a densely populated society, featuring emotional, unfiltered interviews with victims and their families.
In an acceptance video from the White House, Mullany said: “I’ve had the privilege of witnessing some remarkable things in America over the last four years, both good and bad. And things felt a little scary at times, particularly at the start of this year as this pandemic was playing out.
“I want to extend my thanks to our Chairman Kerry Stokes for his continued support, his investment in quality journalism. It does feel like there has never been a more important time for the public to be able to turn to trusted news sources and have eyes and ears on the ground in places like America in what has been such a tumultuous year.”
7NEWS senior cameraman Paul Walker, nominated alongside colleagues Cam Wallis and Tim Myers for their camera work in the US, received the Gary Ticehurst Award for Outstanding TV News Camera Coverage for his footage of the 2019 Sydney CBD stabbing.
Walker instinctively picked up his camera and captured every chilling moment as the attack played out in front of him, with the accused Mert Nay eventually restrained by members of the public – the exclusive vision broadcast in real-time and beamed around the world.
Walker paid tribute to the courage of reporter Andrew Denney and those individuals who jumped in without hesitation to stop him.
“I’m very proud to be part of the 7NEWS team and honoured to receive this award from my peers.”
The Kennedy Awards are named after veteran police reporter Les Kennedy, who died in 2011 at the age of 53.
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Nick Mckenzie named Journalist of the Year as Nine dominates 2020 Kennedy Awards
The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald investigative journalist Nick McKenzie was named Australian Journalist of the Year at the prestigious 2020 Kennedy Awards last night.
Two joint investigations by The Age and 60 Minutes into Crown Resorts and branch stacking in Victoria, as well as a moving Good Weekend feature about an SAS soldier’s harrowing experience in Afghanistan, saw Nick take out the award.
Nine’s journalism was recognised during the ninth annual gala dinner, winning 16 awards across its publishing and television divisions, in the biggest news year in history. “Crown Unmasked” was a six-month investigation by reporters Nick McKenzie, Nick Toscano and producer Grace Tobin which exposed a corporate scandal unlike anything Australia had ever seen before, and directly led to a NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA) inquiry that now puts Crown Resort’s ownership of a casino licence in doubt.
“The Faceless Man” was a year-long investigation by reporters Nick, Sumeyya Ilanbey and producer Joel Tozer exposing the dark underbelly of Australian political power. Explosive secret recordings showed one of the Labor Party’s factional kingpins, Adem Somyurek, boasting of branch stacking, and resulted in him being expelled from the Party. Nick’s Good Weekend feature “One Last Mission” was a harrowing investigation into SAS medic Dusty Miller, who sought forgiveness from the Afghan children of a man allegedly stomped to death by another soldier.
James Chessell, Executive Editor of and The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, said: “Congratulations to all the Herald and The Age journalists whose excellent work was recognised last night. To be nominated – and in many cases, win – in such a wide range of categories once again underlines the breadth and depth of our newsrooms in Sydney and Melbourne.
“Special congratulations to Nick McKenzie whose indefatigable work across print, digital and television on multiple, agenda setting investigations has been the great journalistic achievement of the past year. Nick’s talent extends well beyond breaking big stories. He is mentor to many of The Age’s younger reporters, a proponent of newsroom excellence and advocate for public interest journalism.”
Kirsty Thomson, Executive Producer of 60 Minutes, said: “A huge congratulations to Nick McKenzie, Joel Tozer, Grace Tobin and the crews and editors who worked on “The Faceless Man” and “Crown Unmasked”. These stories have been recognised for their outstanding journalism at the Kennedy Awards.”
“Just as importantly, they showcase the power and impact of the hugely successful partnership between 60 Minutes, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. I know everyone at 60 Minutes is enormously proud of these collaborations and cannot wait to do more in the future.”
Nine’s full list of winners of the 2020 Kennedy Awards:
2020 TPG Telecom Kennedy Award for Australian Journalist of the Year – Nick McKenzie (60 Minutes/The Age)
Les Kennedy Award for Outstanding Crime Reporting – Simon Bouda (A Current Affair)
Outstanding News Photo – Nick Moir (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Power of the Lens Peoples’ Choice – Dallas Kilponen (freelance pic for The Sydney Morning Herald)
Outstanding Portrait – James Brickwood (The Australian Financial Review Magazine)
The Cliff Neville Award for Outstanding Team Player – Damian Ryan (9News)
Peter Frilingos Award for Outstanding Sports Reporting – Neil Breen (9News)
2020 Young Journalist of the Year – Lauren Golman (A Current Affair)
Outstanding Television Current Affairs Reporting – Nick McKenzie, Grace Tobin, Nick Toscano: Crown Unmasked (60 Minutes)
Mike Willesee Award for Outstanding Nightly TV Current Affairs Reporting – Dimity Clancey, Laura Mangham (A Current Affair)
Outstanding Finance Reporting – Nick McKenzie, Grace Tobin, Nick Toscano (60 Minutes and The Age)
Outstanding Online News Breaking – 9news.com.au for bushfire coverage
Outstanding Court Reporting – Michael Ruffles, Michael Evans (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Outstanding Reporting on the Environment – Peter Hannam (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Outstanding Investigative Reporting – Kate McClymont, Jacqueline Maley (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Outstanding Political Reporting – Chris O’Keefe (9News)
NT Media Awards
The ABC’s Jano Gibson has been named the 2020 Journalist/Photojournalist of the Year at the NT Media Awards in Darwin on Saturday, November 7.
The judges acknowledged Jano’s comprehensive coverage of several aspects of Territorian life display an understanding of the unique challenges, disadvantages and opportunities of life in the NT. Through hard work, nous and investigative ability Jano won multiple categories this year displaying a complete contribution to the industry and the Territory.
Sowaibah Hanifie was named the 2020 Marchbanks Young Journalist of the Year. The judges said Sowaibah’’s entry was a standout and demonstrated exceptional skills for a young journalist, but also the ability to research and break news of national significance. Sowaibah’s story about Chinese agriculture company Xinjiang Yikang and its interests in the Territory particularly impressed the judges for its newsworthiness and impact.
Full winners list.